The District 20-S'
Beads of Courage Service Project
Clubs are asked to donate $200 - 400 or more to this initiative if they can to this district-wide service project.
Checks should be made out to "District 20-S" and write "Beads of Courage" on the memo line and send your check to:
CT Judy Rohtla
92 Vernon Street
Patchogue, NY 11772
Beads of Courage, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them through our Arts-in-Medicine Programs. We believe in creating a context for caring transactions to transpire through our community and encouragement programs.
Since 2005, Beads of Courage, Inc. has established collaborative partnerships in caring with hundreds of hospitals nationally and internationally and worked with several community organizations to make healing happen through the use of beads as a historical art form.
Through their programs, you can provide the opportunity for COURAGE to be honored, HOPE to be given, and JOY to be experienced.
Their Mission:
To provide innovative Arts-in-Medicine programs for children coping with serious illness, their families and the clinicians who care for them.
Their Vision:
To advance the science of caring. Beads of Courage, Inc. is proud of to be affiliated with the Watson Science Caring Institute and in 2013, we established the Center for Arts-in-Nursing to boldly pursue our vision.
Their Goals:
- To transform the bedside experience of caring for children and teens with serious illness through innovative Arts-in-Medicine Programs;
- To model collaborative strategies to strengthen human connectedness through the gift of beads that bestow honor and express human caring;
- To contribute to the science, practice, and implementation of evidence-based interventions.
